'It is without question that China is today synonymous with change. The past forty years in China — whether in terms of its geopolitical influence and economic position, or the complexion of life within the country — can be seen as a watershed time in modern history. This comes as the world gears up to face new challenges, which will be felt across societies globally, leadiing some to dub the twenty-first century the "Chinese century".
Recognising that art and design have a unique and sometimes contested role in shaping Chinese society, The Centre: On Art and Urbanism in China is a collection of newly commissioned texts that examine modes of creative production, exhibition, curating, collecting and urban transformation, against a backdrop of critical perspectives on the historical moment and speculative futures.
This volume features a range of key Chinese practitioners working today across art, design and architecture, and acts as an entry point to ongoing engagement with contemporary China.' - from the back cover
Onsite
English
2019
246
9781925432688
1
anthology
Economies
Annika Aitken on Model of a granary
- Annika AITKEN
Markets, Propaganda and Art: Forty Years of Transformation
- Jane GOLLEY, Linda JAIVIN
The Urban
Ai Weiwei on Forever Bicycles
- AI Weiwei, 艾未未
One Country, Many Architectures
- Aric CHEN, 陳伯康
View China: Beyond the Glazed Veil
- Jing LIU
Social Design
Annika Aitken on Yan Huang
- Annika AITKEN
Regenerative Practice: Autonomy and Relationality in Chinese Design
- Beatrice LEANZA
Swiftly into the Future: Design Education in China
- Laurene VAUGHAN
The Image
Simon Maidment on Huang Yan
- Simon MAIDMENT
The Chinese Photobook: Publishing as an Ellipsis in Chinese Art History
- Rachel MARSDEN, 馬十燈
Snapshots of Conceptual Photography in China during the 1990s
- Carol Yinghua LU, 盧迎華
Curating Then and Now: A Conversation with Feng Boyi
Exchange
Rupert Arrowsmith on Xu Zhen
- Rupert Richard ARROWSMITH
Culture Boom: China's Artscape Now, and the Making of a New Art Public
- Michelle ANTOINETTE
Money for Nothing: Examining the Chinese Art Market
- Simon MAIDMENT
China Trade
- Matthew MARTIN
Interpretations
Rowena Robertson on Fang Ye
- Rowena ROBERTSON
'Treasures Worth the Wait'
- Julia RODWELL
A Fairy Tale in Red Times: Works from the White Rabbit Collection
- Luise GUEST
A Word on Yellow
- Megan PATTY
Immortality
Annika Aitken on Rebirth and Legacy
- Annika AITKEN
The Centre: On Art and Urbanism in China
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